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Sunday, March 13, 2011

BrahMos underwater test-firing by year-end


India is working on fitting the supersonic cruise missile Brahmos on the next generation fighter aircraft which it will develop jointly with Russia.

The BrahMos would also be test-fired underwater by year-end and fitted on Sukhoi fighters by next year, BrahMos Aerospace chief A. Sivathanu Pillai said on Saturday.

“If we are able to reduce the weight of the missile below two tonnes, we can deploy it on the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) and we are looking to doing that in future,” he said speaking at the Press Club of India here.

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